As we roll into a new housing upswing real estate investing is gaining popularity again, but how can you find the right balance in doing social good and earning a healthy paycheck?Read More
What should those buying a home in 2013 expect to face in the market as they go on the house hunt? All expectations and forecasts predict an amazing year for the U.S. housing market in 2013 but that doesn’t mean it will all be easy sailing for those buying a home. What are you up...Read More
Is your open house in Connecticut really safe? Whether you are selling your home, representing a client as a real estate agent or flipping houses as a Connecticut real estate investor, this is a question you really, seriously need to think about.Read More
Do the positive forecasts for a great 2013 for the housing sector really apply to Connecticut real estate? Despite several recent challenges and uncertainty all predictions are for a stellar 2013 when it comes to the U.S. housing market.Read More
It’s official; real estate investors shouldn’t worry about having enough distressed property inventory during 2013. Rumblings of concern over growing competition and declining inventory levels began last year, with some questioning whether they needed to revise down their goals for acquiring rentals or flipping houses this year. All these worries seem to have now been...Read More
Technology is now easily the biggest driver of change in the real estate industry. Love it, hate it, don’t get it, it doesn’t matter. If real estate investors and agents don’t accept this and recognize how tech is changing migration patterns and shopping habits they are going to miss out on the best opportunities and...Read More
There is a fight going on over CT homes in New Haven with one landowner claiming the city illegally swiped his property. So how can they do this and could you be next? Local governments have had the power to seize property through ‘eminent domain’ forever but it isn’t often used.Read More
Freddie Mac’s chief economist was just in San Diego for the annual American Economic Association meeting and gave his predictions for the housing market in 2013...Read More
The end of 2012 saw a massive surge in luxury home sales but was it really just a part of the real estate recovery or is the rush already over? The National Association of Realtors reports a 51% spike in homes sales for properties over $1 million, with areas like Manhattan seeing a an outrageous...Read More